Definition
二日 is a time word from literary or formal Chinese. It has two main uses: (1) as a measure of duration meaning 'two days' (like 二日游 'two-day trip'), and (2) as an ordinal denoting 'the second day' (like 二日清晨 'the morning of the second day'). In everyday speech 'two days' is usually 两天, and 'the second day' is usually 第二天—二日 adds a classical or journalistic tone.
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two days (duration)the second day (ordinal time point)
Examples
- 二日。Wǒmen jìhuà le yí gè èr rì yóu.We planned a two-day trip.
- 二日,。èr rì qīngchén, duìwǔ jiù chūfā le.On the morning of the second day, the team set off.
- 二日。Běn cì huìyì wéiqī èr rì.This conference lasts two days.
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